Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 6 , Pages 564-572 , June 2007

Bacterial brain abscesses: prognostic value of an imaging severity index

  • M.K. Demir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: M.K. Demir, Trakya University School of Medicine-Edirne-Turkey, Radiology, 11. kisim, Yasemin Apt, D. Blok. Daire 35 Ataköy, Istanbul 34158, Turkey. Tel.: +90 533 553 12 46; fax: +90 212 219 62 44.
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  • T. Hakan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • G. Kilicoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • N. Ceran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Disease, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • M.Z. Berkman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • I. Erdem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Disease, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • P. Göktas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Disease, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 28 June 2006 ,Revised 3 January 2007 ,Accepted 4 January 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00034-7

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 6 , Pages 564-572 , June 2007

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